OpenAI Signs Pentagon AI Deal as Anthropic Faces Federal Ban
28 February 2026
OpenAI signs Pentagon AI deal for classified, cloud-only AI deployment with three redlines, as federal agencies move to phase out Anthropic over six months.
Block Cuts 40 Percent of Staff as Jack Dorsey Cites AI Automation
26 February 2026
Block is cutting more than 4,000 employees (about 40% of staff) as CEO Jack Dorsey says AI tools now enable smaller, more efficient teams.
IBM 2026 X-Force Threat Index Reports 44 Percent Rise in App Exploits
25 February 2026
IBM released the 2026 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index on Feb. 25, 2026, reporting North America at 29% of cases, a 44% rise in app-exploit entry, and 109 extortion groups in 2025.
Milestones and Missteps: Summarizing the India AI Impact Summit 2026
21 February 2026
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 established a global “AI for All” framework while securing $200 billion in infrastructure goals amid notable logistical challenges.
OpenAI and Paradigm Release EVMbench for Testing AI Agents Against Blockchain Vulnerabilities
19 February 2026
OpenAI and Paradigm have released EVMbench, revealing that AI agents can now successfully exploit more than 70% of tested smart contract vulnerabilities — as real-world DeFi hacks make the stakes impossible to ignore.
Google Publishes 2026 Responsible AI Progress Report as EU AI Act Enforcement Nears
18 February 2026
Google released its 2026 Responsible AI Progress Report, outlining lifecycle governance, Gemini 3 safety testing, agentic AI safeguards, provenance tools, and security frameworks as EU AI Act enforcement approaches.
ByteDance to Add Safeguards to Seedance 2.0 After Hollywood Copyright Backlash
16 February 2026
ByteDance introduces Safeguards to Seedance 2.0 following legal threats from Disney and Paramount and warnings from the Motion Picture Association and SAG-AFTRA.
Oracle Announces $50 Billion AI Infrastructure Build-Out
2 February 2026
Oracle is raising up to $50 billion to fund an AI infrastructure build-out designed to power next-generation cloud and enterprise AI workloads.
NVIDIA Launches Earth-2, an Open AI Stack for Weather Forecasting
26 January 2026
NVIDIA introduces Earth-2, an open family of AI models and tools for global and local weather forecasting that reduces compute time and cost.
